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Notes from InfoComm's CEOMon, 29 Jun 2015 19:46:58 +0000hourly1Comment on The Final Countdown to InfoComm by Dave Labuskeshttp://blog.infocommblog.org/postcards/?p=1059#comment-14804
Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:46:58 +0000http://blog.infocommblog.org/postcards/?p=1059#comment-14804Thank you for caring and thank you for sharing your thoughts and concerns about the ANSI/INFOCOMM 3M-2011 Projected Image System Contrast Ratio (PISCR) Standard. You should understand that this standard was developed by audiovisual industry subject matter experts in an open and transparent process in compliance with all ANSI requirements. It is not (nor are any InfoComm standards) written by our staff. We facilitate and fund their development but we don’t presume to be the experts that can write the standards.

The standard you have written me about was open to public review from April 9, 2011 through May 23, 2011, before being issued in June 2011 – meaning it just celebrated its fourth birthday. The PISCR Working Group of subject matter experts from the industry addressed all issues that were brought to its attention during that time. That group did not hear of your concern then, nor did anyone else raise a similar concern. If it had been, then an exhaustive process is followed to address it as dictated by the ANSI requirements.

The good news is that this standard will undergo a further public review period in 2016, and you are welcome to submit your concern for consideration by the subject matter experts in the InfoComm PISCR Working Group at that time. I’m sure they, you and all of my team share a fundamental goal of writing and publishing standards that drive our industry forward.

I very strongly urge you to be involved in that process where your expertise can add value. Communicating with me directly (either via open or closed letter) on this subject really won’t get you anything done. I just want to help you steer your efforts efficiently and set reasonable expectations.

Again, thank you very much for your passion and commitment to the industry. I hope that neither ever wanes.

]]>Comment on The Final Countdown to InfoComm by Darin Perrigohttp://blog.infocommblog.org/postcards/?p=1059#comment-14731
Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:45:57 +0000http://blog.infocommblog.org/postcards/?p=1059#comment-14731I hope the show goes well.

Many things will be taught and presented at the show. While honest mistakes will be made, I am very bothered by inaction I have seen from InfoComm after I have pointed out problems with the PISCR standard (and likely things taught about contrast ratio in at least one InfoComm course) and suggested some tests that can be run to see whether claims made about what happens in some different situations are actually true. I work on medical devices and the truth matters greatly there.

If anybody being represented as a contrast ratio expert believes that detail disappearing in movie scenes below 80:1 system ANSI CR when lights are shined at a front projection screen to degrade the images means that the detail would also be as poor with the same low system ANSI CR except caused by reflections off white walls I think they should learn some more about the physics involved. I am generally happy to help people with that.

I think somebody should stand up for end-users. Trying to work mostly behind the scenes with people involved with the PISCR standard over the last 3 years or so has been mostly a waste of my time IMO as I don’t believe anybody who was involved with it and has much power with the group has cared enough to even do a single test I tried to get them to do. This hasn’t given me much faith in information from InfoComm, so I decided to next go with an open letter.

My open letter can be pretty easily found by searching on Google for, “open letter david labuskes”. This is posted on avsforum.com. I will probably post a presentation I gave to a different industry group last week about contrast ratio with front projectors there soon also.

BTW: You mentioned reading a lot, so I’ll recommend a book. It is, “Wrong: Why experts keep failing us — and how to know when they are wrong” by David H. Freedman.

Thank you,
Darin

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